An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville educator Mildred Owsley Buchanan., conducted on two dates in November 1980 by Paul Clements as part of the Century III Nashville: Nashville Heritage Project. Buchanan, a home economics...

Pictured: Entertainer Tommy Sands signing the guestbook at the Colemere Club, circa 1958. Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands, a popular teen idol of circa 1950s - 1960s, became an overnight sensation when he appeared on the Kraft Television Theater in...

Pictured: Entertainer Tommy Sands signing the guestbook at the Colemere Club, circa 1958. Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands, a popular teen idol of circa 1950s - 1960s, became an overnight sensation when he appeared on the Kraft Television Theater in...

Pictured: Entertainer Tommy Sands posing with a lady at the Colemere Club, circa 1958. Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands, a popular teen idol of circa 1950s - 1960s, became an overnight sensation when he appeared on the Kraft Television Theater in...

A scene from a dinner at the Colemere Club with entertainer Tommy Sands, circa 1958. Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands, a popular teen idol of circa 1950s - 1960s, became an overnight sensation when he appeared on the Kraft Television Theater in January...

An original political cartoon created by Jack Knox, the Nashville Banner editorial cartoonist, during the Vietnam War (1961-1975). This is a caricature of U. S. Vietnam commitments, as shown in the image of a small tattered flag and a man's...

A scene from a dinner at the Colemere Club with entertainer Tommy Sands, circa 1958. Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands, a popular teen idol of circa 1950s - 1960s, became an overnight sensation when he appeared on the Kraft Television Theater in January...

A scene from a dinner at the Colemere Club with entertainer Tommy Sands, circa 1958. Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands, a popular teen idol of circa 1950s - 1960s, became an overnight sensation when he appeared on the Kraft Television Theater in January...

A scene from a dinner at the Colemere Club with entertainer Tommy Sands, circa 1958. Thomas Adrian "Tommy" Sands, a popular teen idol of circa 1950s - 1960s, became an overnight sensation when he appeared on the Kraft Television Theater in January...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...

This photo relates to Tommy Sands and Nancy Sinatra’s arrival in Nashville on June 25th, 1961 via train, where they were met at Union Station by admiring fans. The couple also visited McNeilly Day Home and met with young school-age children. ...